Jesse sands



(N'o MOdel.)

J'. SANDS;

WINDOW AWNING. v .No. 258,132. Patented May 16, 1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE SANDS, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES T. WARD, OF SAME PLACE.

WINDOW-AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,132, dated May 1%, 1882.

Application filed April 8, 188-2. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSE SANDS, of New Haven,in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented new Improve- 5 ments in Window-Awnings; and I do hereby declare the following, when takenin connection wit-h accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specificatiomand represent, in-

Figure 1, a perspective View of the awning raised; Fig. 2, the same closed.

This invention relates to the construction of an awning for windows of dwellings and like purposes, the object being to construct an awning which shall be adjustable, so as to be applied to windows of different dimensions and easily removable from place to place; and it 23 consists in the construction of the awningframe, as hereinafter described, and more particularly recited in the claims.

A is the central post or staff, and is made adjustable as to length for various heights of windows. This is done by means of a telescopic extension, B, atthe loweren d of the rod, adjusted or set by a nut, a, the upper end, b, constructed to take a bearing in the windowframe at the top. Then the extension B is run low, sufficient to sustain the staff in its position between the sill andlintel of the window, as indicated in 1. Near the top of the staff is a collar, 0?, from which ribs 0 run to the outside lower angles,f, of the awning C, with intermediate ribs, h, more or less innumber, extendingdown to the front lower edge, in similar manner to the arrangement of ribs in umbrellas.

D is a runner arranged upon the staff A in similar manner to the runner of an umbrella. From this runner braces t'extend to the upper angles,l,ot the awning, and also from the runner other braces, m, extend to the angle-ribs c e, and other braces, 11, to the intermediate ribs, h, and so that when the runner is thrown up, as seen in Fig. 1, the braces it-hrow up the upper angles, 1, of the awning and the ribs throw-out the front, giving the propeninclinadown to takea forcible bearing on the sill be,

tion to the top of the awning, leaving the sides 'jainb. This rod F turns upon its pivot s, so

as to come into line with the staff, as seen in Fig. 2. The awningis closed bydrawingdown the runner in similar manner to the drawing down of an umbrella, as seen in Fig. 2. The rod F, turned up to its position parallel with the staff, brings the whole into a contracted and easily-portable condition.

The ribs h hniay be dispensed with, it only being essential that the ribs shall be applied so as to extend to the lower angles, and that the bracesiishall extend to the upper angles, Z.

The rods F may be dispensed with; but it 7 is desirable, as it aids in supporting the awning.

The side flaps, E, may be secured to the rod F, as shown, if desired. This construction provides an awning which may betaken from one window to another, applied or removed at pleasure, and when not in use be contracted intoa very close and compact condition.

I claim- 1. The herein-described awning-frame, consisting of the combination of the staE A, made adjustable as to length, the runner D, the ribs 6 e, hinged to the stafl' at its upper end and ex tending to the lower front angles,with braces from said ribs to the runner, and braces ii, extending from the runner to the upper angles, I, and a device, substantially such as described, to lock the runner in its lifted or open position, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described awning-frame, consisting of the combination of the staff A,made adjustable as to length,the runner D, the ribs e e, hinged to the stud atits upper end and exand adjustable as to length, substantially as Eending :10 th; IOtWGIIJfL'OIIt an gles,(l with braces described.

rom sai Ii s 0 t e runner an races M, extending from the runner to the upper an- JESSE SANDS 5 gles, Z, and a device, substantially such as de- Witnesses:

scribed, to lock the runner in its lifted or open J 08. G. EARLE, position, with the rod F hung to the runner J. H. SHUMWAY. 

